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!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English

!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Idioms: it stands to reason.


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it stands to reason: that makes sense; that's reasonable.
It stands to reason that walking around outside in the cold rain without a coat, a hat, or an umbrella might make you sick.



Meaning: You can say it stands to reason that something should be so if it seems reasonable to you that it should be so.
For example:
  • If you eat good food and get plenty of exercise it stands to reason that you'll have a good chance of living to a ripe old age.
  • It stands to reason that kids who study the hardest get the best grades.
Quick Quiz:
It stands to reason that the best way to learn to speak a foreign language is to
  1. read about it
  2. think about it
  3. practise using it
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